Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East (German: Bundestagswahlkreis Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg Ost) is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 82. It is located in central Berlin, comprising the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough and part of the adjoining borough Pankow.^[1]

82 Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East in 2025
State	Berlin
Population	354,000 (2019)
Electorate	220,014 (2021)
Area	26.9 km2
Current electoral district
Created	2002
Party	The Left
Member	Pascal Meiser
Elected	2025

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Pascal Meiser of The Left.

Geography

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East is located in central Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough as well as the area of Pankow borough's Prenzlauer Berg east of Prenzlauer Allee.^[1] It is the smallest federal constituency in Germany by area.

History

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created in 2002. Each section of the constituency had been an eponymous part of one of the three previous constituencies of Berlin Kreuzberg - Schöneberg, Berlin Friedrichshain - Lichtenberg and Berlin Mitte - Prenzlauer Berg. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 84 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 83. From the 2025 election, it has been number 82. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

Until 2021, the constituency had the unique distinction of being the only federal constituency ever held by the Alliance 90/The Greens. It was first represented by Hans-Christian Ströbele, who was elected in 2002. He was re-elected in the 2005, 2009, and 2013 elections. Upon his retirement in the 2017 election, he was succeeded by Canan Bayram, who narrowly retained the constituency for the Greens. She was re-elected in 2021 with a greatly increased margin. In 2025, Pascal Meiser of The Left won the seat, taking it from the Greens for the first time.

Election		Member	Party	%
	2002	Hans-Christian Ströbele	GRÜNE	31.6
	2005			43.3
	2009			46.7
	2013			39.9
	2017	Canan Bayram	GRÜNE	26.3
	2021			37.9
	2025	Pascal Meiser	LINKE	34.7

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[2]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Left	Pascal Meiser		62,049	34.7	16.6	57,057	31.7	13.1
	Greens	Katrin Schmidberger		54,771	30.6	7.2	46,620	25.9	10.9
	SPD	Carmen Sinnokrot		23,519	13.1	3.2	24,138	13.4	4.2
	CDU	Kevin Kratzsch		17,940	10.0	1.5	16,722	9.3	1.3
	AfD	Sibylle Schmidt		13,854	7.7	3.1	12,985	7.2	2.3
	BSW						10,643	5.9	New
	FDP	Sven Hoffmeister		4,277	2.4	2.1	5,010	2.8	2.4
	Volt						2,055	1.1	0.3
	Tierschutzpartei						1,771	1.0	0.9
	PARTEI						1,489	0.8	1.6
	Independent	Frigga Wendt		1,000	0.6	New
	Independent	Dorit Heider		713	0.4	New
	MERA25						390	0.2	New
	Team Todenhöfer						324	0.2	1.0
	FW						286	0.2	0.3
	BD	Laura Scheer		934	0.5	New	245	0.1	New
	PdF						241	0.1	New
	MLPD						98	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						33	0.0	0.0
	SGP						26	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,812			735
Total valid votes				179,057			180,134
Turnout				180,869	82.7	13.6
	Left gain from Greens		Majority	7,278	4.1

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Y Canan Bayram		64,542	37.9	11.6	62,710	36.7	16.3
	Left	Pascal Meiser		30,113	17.7	7.2	30,881	18.1	10.4
	SPD	Cansel Kiziltepe		29,619	17.4	0.4	32,745	19.2	3.2
	CDU	Kevin Kratzsch		13,030	7.7	4.6	11,910	7.0	6.9
	FDP	Ann Cathrin Riedel		9,203	5.4	2.3	10,819	6.3	0.4
	PARTEI	Martin Sonneborn		8,854	5.2	2.0	3,787	2.2	1.3
	AfD	Sibylle Schmidt		6,598	3.9	2.3	6,988	4.1	2.2
	Tierschutzpartei	Marie Motzkus		3,128	1.8		2,874	1.7	0.5
	dieBasis	Carola Muysers		2,387	1.4
	Team Todenhöfer						2,119	1.2
	Volt						1,430	0.8
	Die Grauen						896	0.5	0.2
	FW						866	0.5	0.3
	Pirates	Franz Schmitt		915	0.5		708	0.4	0.3
	Humanists	Stephan Heym		480	0.3		350	0.2
	du.	Nicole Drakos		392	0.2	0.2	380	0.2	0.0
	Gesundheitsforschung						272	0.2	0.0
	DKP						270	0.2	0.0
	ÖDP	Hagen Albers		269	0.2		224	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Oliver Snelinski		256	0.1
	B*	Zarah-Louise Roth		222	0.1	0.3
	Independent	FriGGa Wendt		184	0.1
	V-Partei3						153	0.1	0.1
	MLPD	Chaker Anis Araki		175	0.1	0.1	77	0.0	0.1
	NPD						61	0.0
	BüSo						46	0.0	0.0
	LKR						41	0.0
	SGP						34	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				2,102			1,828
Total valid votes				170,367			170,641
Turnout				172,469	78.4	0.8
	Greens hold		Majority	34,429	20.2	18.8

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Canan Bayram		45,055	26.3	13.6	35,077	20.4	0.3
	Left	Pascal Meiser		42,600	24.9	7.7	49,016	28.5	3.4
	SPD	Cansel Kiziltepe		29,028	16.9	1.0	27,391	15.9	8.1
	CDU	Timur Husein		20,955	12.2	1.5	23,887	13.9	1.5
	PARTEI	Serdar Somuncu		12,345	7.2	5.6	6,042	3.5	1.6
	AfD	Sibylle Schmidt		10,558	6.2	4.2	10,863	6.3	3.5
	FDP	Athanasia Rousiamani-Goldthau		5,263	3.1	2.1	10,147	5.9	3.7
	Tierschutzpartei						2,119	1.2
	Independent	Frigga Wendt		1,298	0.8
	DiB						1,282	0.7
	Pirates						1,270	0.7	5.1
	BGE						1,046	0.6
	Die Grauen						474	0.3
	du.	Frithjof Zerger		772	0.5		456	0.3
	Independent	Sebastian Blume		688	0.4
	B*	Fares Al-Hassan		672	0.4	0.0	304	0.2
	FW	Jan Zeiseweis		627	0.4	0.1	323	0.2	0.1
	Independent	Thomas Hasel		443	0.3
	Independent	Markus Beckmann		391	0.2
	DM						334	0.2
	Menschliche Welt						324	0.2
	V-Partei³						323	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						304	0.2
	ÖDP						281	0.2	0.1
	DKP						217	0.1
	MLPD	Klaus Freudigmann		305	0.2		174	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Gregor Felde-Bajerowitz		168	0.1
	Independent	Christian Pape		148	0.1
	BüSo						53	0.0	0.0
	SGP						37	0.0	0.1
	Independent	Otto Ritter		33	0.0
Informal votes				1,940			1,545
Total valid votes				171,349			171,744
Turnout				173,289	77.6	3.3
	Greens hold		Majority	2,455	1.4	20.5

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Y Hans-Christian Ströbele		66,056	39.9	6.8	34,420	20.8	6.6
	SPD	Cansel Kiziltepe		29,799	18.0	1.3	39,784	24.0	3.8
	Left	Halina Wawzyniak		28,441	17.2	0.4	41,639	25.1	0.1
	CDU	Götz Müller		22,723	13.7	2.1	25,474	15.4	3.5
	Pirates	Sebastian von Hoff		6,317	3.8		9,612	5.8	0.2
	AfD	Andreas Dahl		3,325	2.0		4,623	2.8
	PARTEI	Helena Barbas		2,666	1.6		3,142	1.9
	FDP	Helmut Metzner		1,647	1.0	3.1	3,579	2.2	4.0
	NPD	Sebastian Schmidtke		1,291	0.8	0.4	1,140	0.7	0.2
	Independent	Di Leo		674	0.4
	B*			624	0.4
	BIG			602	0.4		594	0.4
	FW			515	0.3		477	0.3
	Independent	Beckmann		486	0.3
	DIE VIOLETTEN			457	0.3
	ÖDP						426	0.3	0.1
	PRO						252	0.2
	MLPD						209	0.1	0.0
	PSG						126	0.1	0.0
	REP						107	0.1	0.1
	BüSo			108	0.1		86	0.1	0.1
Informal votes				2,317			2,358
Total valid votes				165,731			165,690
Turnout				168,048	74.3	2.0
	Greens hold		Majority	36,257	21.9	7.2

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Y Hans-Christian Ströbele		73,897	46.7	3.4	43,347	27.4	5.5
	Left	Halina Wawzyniak		27,796	17.6	0.5	39,641	25.0	4.2
	SPD	Björn Böhning		26,415	16.7	4.1	32,015	20.2	17.1
	CDU	Vera Lengsfeld		18,394	11.6	0.3	18,788	11.9	0.8
	Pirates						9,473	6.0
	FDP	Markus Löning		6,425	4.1	1.4	9,693	6.1	1.6
	Tierschutzpartei						1,793	1.1
	NPD	Christian Steup		1,791	1.1	0.4	1,436	0.9	0.3
	Independent	Thomas Feldhaus		1,555	1.0
	Independent	Hauke Stiewe		918	0.6
	DIE VIOLETTEN						757	0.5
	DKP	Rolf Meier		649	0.4		354	0.2
	ÖDP						306	0.2
	REP						284	0.2	0.1
	Independent	Ralph Otto Naumann		232	0.1
	Independent	Georg Nägle		217	0.1
	PSG						171	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						166	0.1	0.0
	MLPD						130	0.1	0.0
	DVU						118	0.1
Informal votes				2,572			2,419
Total valid votes				158,289			158,442
Turnout				160,861	72.2	4.3
	Greens hold		Majority	46,101	29.1	6.5

2005 election

Federal election (2005): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Y Hans-Christian Ströbele		69,988	43.3	11.7	35,410	21.8	1.3
	SPD	Ahmet İyidirli		33,562	20.7	8.4	60,421	37.3	1.9
	Left	Cornelia Reinauer		29,145	18.0	3.4	33,711	20.8	3.6
	CDU	Kurt Wansner		18,300	11.3	1.7	17,899	11.0	1.8
	FDP	Christopher Paun		4,328	2.7	0.4	7,402	4.6	0.8
	NPD			2,466	1.5		1,923	1.2	0.7
	GRAUEN						1,788	1.1	0.4
	Independent			1,356	0.8
	PARTEI			1,363	0.8		1,160	0.7
	Feminist						683	0.4	0.0
	APPD			699	0.4		864	0.5
	REP						415	0.3	0.2
	BüSo			329	0.2		170	0.1	0.0
	Humanist			268	0.2
	MLPD						170	0.1
	SGP						146	0.1
Informal votes				3,034			2,676
Total valid votes				161,804			162,162
Turnout				164,838	76.6	1.1
	Greens hold		Majority	36,426	22.6	20.1

2002 election

Federal election (2002): Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Greens	Hans-Christian Ströbele		49,204	31.6		36,073	23.1
	SPD	Andreas Matthae		45,400	29.1		61,160	39.2
	PDS	Bärbel Grygier		33,324	21.4		26,828	17.2
	CDU	Kurt Wansner		20,321	13.0		20,047	12.8
	FDP	Martina Schaefer		4,738	3.0		5,894	3.8
	Schill						1,851	1.2
	GRAUEN			1,951	1.3		1,106	0.7
	REP						827	0.5
	NPD						726	0.5
	Feminist						642	0.4
	Independent			607	0.4
	DKP			322	0.2
	KPD						245	0.2
	ÖDP						227	0.1
	PBC						160	0.1
	Humanist						139	0.1
	BüSo						105	0.1
Informal votes				2,582			2,419
Total valid votes				155,867			156,030
Turnout				158,449	75.5
	Greens win new seat		Majority	3,804	2.5